ASTR 8500 (O'Connell, Spring 2016)
PRESENTATIONS AND RESOURCES
A. Course Assignments
B. Numbers You Should Know (O'Connell)
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NSF Outlook (AAS Town Hall,
Jan 2016)
NASA Outlook (AAS Town Hall, Jan 2016)
"Production Rate and Employment of PhD Astronomers" (Metcalf, 2008)
"A Closer Look at Astronomy Faculty" (Ivie, AIP, 2009)
"Astronomy Enrollments and Degrees" (Mulvey & Nicolson, AIP, 2014)
"Longitudinal Study of Astronomy Graduate Students" (Ivie, AIP, 2014)
"Doctorate Recipients from US Universities" (NSF, 2015)
Pold, "Astronomy Degree Recipients Initial Employment" (AIP, 2015)
C. Navigating the Postdoc Job Market (Stierwalt and Meyer)
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AAS Job Register
Astronomy Rumor Mill (astrobetter) "The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job" (Kelsky)
D. Consolidated Faculty Advice for Graduate Students
E. Tips on Proposal Writing (O'Connell)
F. Tips on Writing CV's (O'Connell)
G. Ethics Case Studies (AIP)
H. Talks on Special Topics (PDF files, including resource lists)
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How to Give a Bad
Talk (Dylan Angell)
Tenure vs Term Contracts:
Pros and Cons (Chris Hayes)
Top-10 Job-Getting Skills
(Matt Pryal)
Social Networking in Science: Good,
Bad, and Ugly (Sean Linden)
Jobs for PhD's Outside
Astronomy (Poon Panichpibool)
Common Mistakes in Graduate Research
Projects (Pallavi Patil)
Help! How Do I Manage
My Time? (Allison Matthews)
Responsibilities of Scientists
to Society (Allison Towner)
Navigating Group Science
(Paul Zivick)
Paper Writing Tips
(Thankful Cromartie)
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